Advanced Setup—Continued

. Hardware Setup

This section explains items on the “Hardware Setup” menu.

1

Press the [RECEIVER] button followed by

 

the [SETUP] button.

 

The main menu appears onscreen.

 

If the main menu doesn’t appear, make sure the

 

appropriate external input is selected on your TV.

 

 

 

 

2

Use the Up and Down [q]/[w] buttons to

 

select “7. Hardware Setup”, and then

 

press [ENTER].

 

The “Hardware Setup” menu appears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Hardware Setup

 

 

 

1.

Remote ID

 

 

 

2.

Tuner

 

 

 

3.

HDMI

 

 

 

 

 

3

Use the

Up and Down [q]/[w] buttons to

 

select an item, and then press [ENTER].

 

The screen for that item appears.

 

 

 

 

 

4

Use the Up and Down [q]/[w] buttons to

 

select an item, and use the Left and Right

 

[e]/[r] buttons to change it.

 

The items are explained below.

 

 

 

 

5

When you’ve finished, press the

 

[SETUP] button.

The setup menu closes.

Note:

This procedure can also be performed on the AV receiver by using its [SETUP] button, arrow buttons, and [ENTER] button.

Remote ID

Remote ID

When several Onkyo components are used in the same room, their remote ID codes may overlap. To differenti- ate the AV receiver from the other components, you can change its remote ID from 1, the default, to 2 or 3.

Note:

If you do change the AV receiver’s remote ID, be sure to change the remote controller to the same ID (see below), otherwise, you won’t be able to control it with the remote controller.

Changing the Remote Controller’s ID

1 While holding down the [RECEIVER] but- ton, press and hold down the [SETUP] button until the Remote indicator lights up (about 3 seconds).

2 Use the number buttons to enter ID 1, 2, or 3.

The Remote indicator flashes twice.

Tuner

FM/AM Frequency Step

See “FM/AM Frequency Step Setup” on page 43.

HDMI

Audio TV Out

This preference determines whether audio received at the HDMI IN is output by the HDMI OUT. You may want to turn this preference on if your TV is connected to the HDMI OUT and you want to listen to the audio from a component that’s connected to an HDMI IN, through your TV’s speakers. Normally, this should be set to “Off”.

Off: HDMI audio is not output (default).

On: HDMI audio is output.

Notes:

If Onis selected and the signal can be output by the TV, the AV receiver will output no sound through its speakers.

If “On” is selected, “TV Sp On” appears on the Dis- play by pressing the [DISPLAY] button.

When TV Controlis set to On, this setting is fixed to Auto.

With some TVs and input signals, no sound may be output even when this setting is set to On.

When the “Audio TV Out” setting is set to On, or TV Control” is set to Onand you’re listening through your TV’s speakers (see page 23), if you turn up the AV receiver’s volume control, the sound will be output by the AV receiver’s front left and right speak- ers. To stop the AV receiver’s speakers producing sound, change the settings, change your TV’s settings, or turn down the AV receiver’s volume.

Lip Sync

The AV receiver can be set to automatically correct any delay between the video and the audio, based on the data from the connected monitor.

Disable: HDMI lip sync disabled (default).

Enable: HDMI lip sync enabled.

Notes:

This function works only if your HDMI-compatible TV supports HDMI Lip Sync.

You can check the amount of delay being applied by the HDMI Lip Sync function on the A/V Sync screen (see page 75).

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HT-RC160 specifications

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